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Hedon Walks…. health, leisure, online… and good ale!

By Ray Duffill on March 18, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

At a recent Town Council meeting it was agreed that the leaflet about Hedon’s ‘Circular Walk’ around town needed updating…

Needed – An official Hedon Pong Tester!?

By Ray Duffill on August 18, 2011 • ( 1 Comment )

THE HEDON MAYOR traditionally has the powers to appoint an Official Ale Tester – but perhaps for these modern times with an anti-social smelly neighbour on our doorstep the town needs an Official Pong Tester!? Hedon really does have an official figure with powers to check that Brewers within […]

Hedon Haven Beer Festival – Official Ale Testing!

By Ray Duffill on April 29, 2010 • ( 2 Comments )

HEDON’S “OFFICIAL BEER TESTER” will be in attendence at the Haven Arms on Friday 30th April 2010 at the launch of the Bank Holiday Weekend Beer Festival at 5:00pm. Yes! I know a few of us might think that we are the town’s most effective beer testers and […]

Haven Arms, Hedon Beer Festival

By Ray Duffill on April 30, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

The Haven Arms public house is to host a beer festival on Friday 1st – Saturday 2nd May 2009 with 25 hand-pulled beers and ciders available. The event, which may become an annual festival, kicks off formally this coming Friday at 4pm. The town’s ‘ceremonial and official ale […]

Testing the Hedon Ale – Ye Olde JigZone

By Ray Duffill on April 18, 2009 • ( 2 Comments )

This weekend’s JigZone puzzle depicts Hedon’s curious ceremony and annual re-enactment of ‘the testing of the local ale’. Dressed in medieval garbs the Mayor and official entourage will visit each public house in Hedon and test the ales in that establishment. The official ale tester (I want that […]

Our Hedon Adventure!

By Ray Duffill on February 5, 2009 • ( 4 Comments )

Our relocation to Hedon took place on Saturday 24th January 2009 following redundancy on the west coast (Blackpool). So here we are in the idyllic town of Hedon in East Yorkshire. Having been born in Hull and lived in the area all our lives prior to 2000, we […]